Nonfiction Form (Biography and Information Books)

Your Name Jade Faye Whitehurst Title: In Mary’s garden

Author: Tina and Carson Kugler Illustrator: Tina and Carson Kugler
Publisher/Date: houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company 2015 Genre: nonfiction

EVALUATE THE BOOK USING THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS

Explain how the cover and first pages of the book attract and hold the reader’s interest. Give 3examples from
the book

1. Big red writing

2.Fun illustrations with like picture borders

3.other fun borders as well like tge ruler and rock and string on page 3

STYLE AND LANGUAGE – Explain how the book shares information with children. Examples: “little-known
facts;” new vocab sprinkled in the text; and selection of information to create/maintain reader’s interest.
Give 3 examples from the book

1.it focus on major events in her life and things that inspired her into being an artist

2. Has real pictures in the back of her garden and her as well.

3.they made it very age appropriate very story like. Not too much information

ACCURACY – up-to-date research, any sources or references provided, no mixing of fact and fiction.

Explain:The story is accurate and offers more information and links(sources) in the back of the book as well.

INFORMATION –Explain how the book captures a child’s interest: unusual subjects or viewpoints -
personalized content – new perspectives, first-person accounts, and fascinating comparisons.

Give 3 examples from the book.

1.Illustrations are like memories but they are not from the little girl's perspective.

2.the characters doesn’t have any dialogue

3.completely focused on her relationship with art doesn’t really talk about her life or offer age/dates.

ILLUSTRATIONS-- Select a 2-Page Spread to evaluate the book with following:

Media (paints, pencils, pen, watercolors, charcoal, photographs, crayon, acrylics, chalk, oils ): Explain the media choices used:

The beginning of the book says that the illustrations are a combination of water colors with digital paint
collage and vintage papers

illustration and text combine to share the information:

What does the text explain and how illustrated? The text explains Mary’s love for art and how she gained this as an interest. It also tells
how she creates some of her art. Specifically sculptures you might find in a garden… in Mandy’s garden.

What do illustrations show that text does not explain?

The text does say how much Mary lived to build but through the illustrations is how we could prove this. They show how invested/
happy she was to create something.

Page design – Describe the following: use of borders; text placement and font size; use of information boxes, charts or
identification of vocab use of white and dark space; types of illustrations and placement on both pages:

The book does use borders on some pages. The text is in different places around the page. In my personal
opinion it feels as if the text is captions for the illustrations. It’s purposeful like you should notice some
illustrations before some of the text. The work very well together. Illustrations cover most of the page on
almost all of the pages.

Child Development Theories –Select 1 theory:

Identify the stage initiative vs guilt

and age level is preschool 3-5

from the theory.

Select one trait from the developmental stage/level.

Main task is to develop a sense of autonomy by exploring surroundings without guilt

for accidents/mistakes.

Explain and give 3 specific examples from the book that fit the development al stage/level.

1. Her dad supported her building

2.she took her time making things means other support med her as well

3. Tried different thing against the social norms not for asking cooking class.

1. OVERALL RATING (3 high, 1 low) 1 2 3

Explain the rating: